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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
- Nintendo DS
- Price: $29.99
- Genre: Adventure
Common Sense Media says
Best in text-driven, courtroom drama series on DS.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that like the earlier games in this series, this game will expose players to mature topics like murder (by shooting and poisoning), crime scenes, and the odd blood-stain in photographs. Nothing is overly graphic thanks to a cartoonish and tasteful art style. The game is text-driven and requires above average reading and comprehension skills to fully appreciate the game.
What's it about?
Capcom has shaken things up with the fourth game in its Ace Attorney courtroom simulation series, which is set about seven years after Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations. Defense lawyer Phoenix has been stripped of his attorney status for reasons that aren't immediately clear, and players step into the shoes of 22-year-old rookie lawyer Apollo Justice.
The dialogue-heavy, menu-driven game spans four cases divided into the investigation phase -- where players interview witnesses, gather evidence, and search the crime scene -- and the courtroom phase where testimony is heard and evidence is presented.
Is it any good?
Designed from the ground up for the Nintendo DS (unlike the first three games which were ports of Japanese Game Boy Advance titles), APOLLO JUSTICE: ACE ATTORNEY boasts significantly better audio quality and crisper graphics. You can now explore crime scenes in 3D, rotate and zoom in on pieces of evidence, lift fingerprints and bootprints, and use Apollo's special powers of perception in court to tell if a person is lying through body language.
It's best to think of the Ace Attorney games as serialized novels, so if you haven't played the first three games, chances are you'll be rather lost amongst all the in-jokes and references to past characters and events. Nonetheless, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney is as polished, intriguing, and entertaining as its predecessors.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the similarities between this type of text-driven game and a book or TV show. Which medium does the best job of telling a story? The character of Apollo can tell when someone is lying -- have you ever been able to do that?
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Fangirl's delite =D
As a fan of the ace attorney games, This one has to be my favorite. I got it for christmas last year along with Justice for all and Trials & Tribulations.
There are many funny running jokes that even if you haven't played the first couple of games you can easily pick up on quickly. The characters are fun and believeable and I especially like the hintings of Apollo and Klavier having some sort of "deeper" relationship.
However: I did dislike how Apollo didn't get much character development, He's the main character and we know very little about his past. It was more focused on Phoenix (sorta). I was also disappointed that some of my favorite characters from the other games didn't make a return (Like Larry and Maya - although Maya is mentioned just not by name).
If you like games that will get you thinking, or have you shouting "OBJECTION!" into the DS mic then pick up this game for sure =D
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The game is genius. Apart from your regular hand-to-hand combat games, you think your way through tough cases and help justice prevail every time for good or for bad. User-friendly commands are simple enough for a 6 year old to play too~
I sound like a walking advertisement don't I? Well, the game is that good so think about playing it okay?
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Kid, 12 years old
April 11, 2011
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This is a perfect and fun game for bright kids, it does not have much educational value and requires kids to use what they already know, but it is a puzzle game and may inspire the children to become a lawyer or writer, the game is simpler than an actual court, phoenix wright is a good role model, but all the cases are of murder, and there are a few d**ms in it.
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Smart game plays as a game, seems like a book
The game is violent at points but in the end the whole message is you never get away with crime.
Some salty language.
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Great!
This game is very addicting. I gave my cousin this game for a early holiday gift, and he immediately loved it! Watching him play it makes me want to play too. The scenes were great and I just loved it when they cornered the culprit. I'd just wish they would add some more cases and movement in court. But it is worth buying!
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| Platforms: | Nintendo DS |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Capcom |
| Release date: | February 19, 2008 |
| Price: | $29.99 |
| ESRB rating: | T for Mild Blood, Suggestive Themes, Violent References |
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